30,000 silver, not to mention for ordinary powerful families, but also for various royal palaces, this is also a very amazing amount of money. The money received by the princes is only about 200,000. What makes the princes even more uncomfortable is that when they are in the palace, all their expenses, including personal contacts, are borne by the inner government, but once the palace is divided, all they get is a royal village, a mansion and this settlement silver. If the foreigner is willing to subsidize or have another way to get money, then life will be better, but if there is no foreigner or the outsider does not have the strength to subsidize them, the 200,000 yuan settlement fee will not last for three years. Because it costs tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy a decent birthday gift for the emperor, plus the birthday of the emperor, the birthday of the queen, and other human contacts, those who can survive three years are very good at living.

However, Jia Yu can not only take out 30,000 taels of silver every year, but also be able to supplement the food expenses of 7,200 taels of silver, not to mention the princes, even the emperor is also very curious about how much money Jia Yu has in his hands and how much money the Jia family has.

Don't look at anything else, just looking at Jia Yu's annual 37,200 taels of silver to honor Jia's mother, such an act itself is not in line with the rules and etiquette. The ancients paid attention to serving relatives to filial piety, and while ensuring the continuation of the clan and ensuring the continuous sacrifice, they should do everything they could to treat their parents. In other words, it turned out that although Jia Yu did that, it met the world's requirements for filial piety.

I think that at the beginning, Jia Yu did not go out of the sect, and Ningguofu was the clan branch, and there was no need for Jia Yu to come to Zhang Luo to worship the ancestors, what Jia Yu needed to do was to serve his good mother Jia Mu and let Jia Mu live comfortably. In general. As long as it does not interfere with Jia Yu's rights and status as a family member, Jia's mother can use the treasury on the side of Rongguo Mansion openly. In fact. Jia Yu did the same.

The old people have reached the age of Jia's mother, especially with a housewife like Jia's mother. Expenses are also limited, nothing more than food, clothing, jewelry, and daily maintenance. According to the decree of the imperial court, the elderly over eighty are supported by the imperial court, and the elderly who are nearly eighty years old can also enjoy the corresponding national medical policy, which is why Jia's mother's post was able to invite the imperial doctor. In other words, Jia's mother's medical care is controlled by the state, and the expenses are basically a few of them, and the only thing that can really worry the family is food and clothing. Just imagine, Jia Mudu is this age. How much can you spend on both? If you change to someone else's old man, you will not be afraid of your eldest son and grandchildren, and you will not be too extravagant.

However, what makes the world unclear is that Jia's mother not only doesn't know how to be thrifty, but also pulls her second son to spoil the eldest son's family business, and what makes people even more speechless is that Jia's mother also acquiesced in her little daughter-in-law digging the corner of her eldest son's wall to save a private house for herself. The latter point, in particular, is intolerable for any family.

The major affairs of the country are in worship and Rong.

The meaning of this sentence is to say: One can be called a national event, one is sacrifice, the other is to defend against foreign enemies, and the sacrifice is still in the forefront. Equally. The rights and interests of the eldest son were also guaranteed because of the need for sacrifice. If you are partial to the younger son, it will be okay, but if you take the property that should belong to the family to favor the younger son, it will not be a family matter.

In other words. If Jia Yu is the patriarch, Jia Mu does this. It is enough for the whole world to attack him collectively, so that he has no way to be buried in the Jia family's cemetery after he dies. Jia Mu was able to not be reprimanded afterwards because Jia Yu was not the patriarch.

However, the previously applied approach. Not necessarily now. Because Jia Yu has already split the sect, not only is he the patriarch, but even his daughter Jia Jiu has to act as the patriarch. To put it mildly, Jia Yu is the patriarch of the Jia family in the General's Mansion, and Jia's mother's household registration is still on the side of Ningguo Mansion, if Jia's mother wants to continue to ask Jia Yu to take money out to support his younger brother, she will definitely be drowned by the spittle of the entire Jingshi.

This also creates another situation, that is, if Jia Mu wants to rectify Jia Jiu, she must find a reasonable reason, and she can't directly say that Jia Jiu is unfilial. For example, when it comes to grapes, Jia Mu also knows that there is a big basket sent to her house below, and there are only a few that she can eat every day. If you talk about the grapes, Jia Jiu's sentence of "take it to worship the ancestors" can be pushed cleanly and make all the people speechless, and he will only lose face because he can't manage the minions below, and Jia Mu will not do this kind of thing that harms herself and others.

So Shi Xiangyun found Jia Jiu, Jia's mother didn't speak, Tanchun gave Jia Jiu no face in public, and Jia's mother still didn't speak. He was waiting for his moment, for an opportunity to get him there in one fell swoop. Of course, Jia Mu will not refuse the juniors below to open her eyes for herself, just like Shi Xiangyun who found Jia Jiu for grapes and Jia Jiu for the window screen. The same goes for the minions below who are chattering and chewing their tongues, what Jia Mu wants is for the people below to discuss and spread the word. Jia Mu knew very well that Jia Jiu did not express his position because Jia Jiu needed rumors to build momentum for herself, and Jia Mu also knew very well that Jia Jiu could use rumors, and of course she could use rumors.

According to Jia Jiu's assumption, he was bullied by outsiders, and the minions below would definitely count Shi Xiangyun and Jia Tanchun in order to curry favor with him. Jia Mu thought a little more than Jia Jiu, since the people below wanted to say that Shi Xiangyun and Tanchun didn't know the etiquette and bullied others, they would naturally tell the whole story, so as one of the parties, Jia Jiu was also on the cusp of the storm. Jia Jiu's chirping by the girls and mothers-in-law is actually a kind of gambling, and Jia's mother is like Taishan. If the rumors are biased towards Jia Jiu, then it is Shi Xiangyun and Tanchun who are the ones who are not sensible when they are young, and they bully their sister with their own favor; If there are people in the rumors who sympathize with Shi Xiangyun and Tanchun, it is also Jia Jiu's failure to be a good sister, and it is also that the two ladies of the Shi family and Mrs. Wang did not raise the girls in the family well, and they have little to do with his Jia mother.

Jia Mu saw it very clearly. Even though he is the female elder with the highest rank in the Jia family, but because of Jia Zheng and even more because of his connivance with Mrs. Wang, his reputation is almost the same. Now I can raise these granddaughters, but because Mrs. Wang is grounded and Mrs. Xing doesn't know anyone. He was the only one left of the three married women, so he was able to keep his granddaughters with him. If this continues. Even if he doesn't make mistakes again, as long as the world still remembers his past. is that he can't avoid Jia Jiu's daily greetings, and Jia Yu will also find a way to stuff his daughter into the Zhang family, instead of staying at home to serve him, and his reputation will be ruined. It is the same to raise his daughter as a man, and let Jia Jing teach her daughter the same reason, Jia Yu was afraid that the bad reputation of her mother and younger siblings would drag down her daughter, and she couldn't find a suitable person to raise her daughter, so she chose to make a decision.

Today's Jia Yu can't even invite a better grandmother.

Jia Jiu and Shi Xiangyun, Jia Tanchun, Jia Qian, Jia Qing and other juniors don't know these things. Only Jia's mother and Jia Yu's mother and son are clear. But they won't tell the children at home, one naturally doesn't want to lose face, and the other naturally doesn't know how to tell his daughter. Can he say, "Girl, has your future been mistaken by your family?" No, Jia Yu can only silently wait for the opportunity, waiting for the day when his family's reputation improves. He couldn't bear his daughter to rob her husband with other women, but he hoped that his daughter would be able to enter the palace, so that he would not have to face the embarrassing situation of being disliked and ignored. is that Jia Jiu's reputation is much better than Jia Yuanchun's. His marriage was also destined to be difficult.

Looking at the granddaughter who asked her to say goodbye in front of her, Jia's mother was thinking about it, but her face was kind, even when she saw Xiaohong and Qingwen behind Jia Jiu each holding a beauty more than a foot tall with a cork in their arms. He still had the heart to joke: "Second girl, you are so dignified, why did you send two bare vases?" Could it be that your father was out scooping it? You use it to let the old woman help you palm your eyes? ”

Jia Jiu smiled: "Old lady, my father can't do it elsewhere. But there is still some attainment in antiques and antiques. As for this bottle, it is not an antique, but an antique bottle from the Liuli Factory. Don't be an old lady with blue eyes. The granddaughter came today to ask the old lady to taste the contents of this bottle. ”

When Jia Mu heard this, she became interested, and said, "If you want me to say, your father is too careful." How many good things he has in his hands, but he fools you with such fakes, and he is not afraid of outsiders' jokes. You are your father's only daughter, don't say that the sisters in the family are not as good as you, even in front of your relatives, you are a little decent. If a child like you has a bunch of fakes in the house, won't an old woman like us be even more incapable of using good things? ”

Jia Jiu hurriedly smiled and said, "Look at what the old lady said, is it impossible to take out her granddaughter's house like that?" Even fakes depend on people. If nothing else, let's just say that the painting in the granddaughter's house, although it is a fake, is also the painting saint Wu Daozi when he was studying painting in his early years, he went to Dugu's house to ask Zhan Ziqian to copy the authentic work. It's just not the real thing, the story on this painting is enough to be talked about, where can it be compared with ordinary fakes? The granddaughter doesn't have to ask for the real thing, as long as it looks good and the story behind it is interesting, the granddaughter still likes it. Although this beauty is an imitation, it is also from the hands of a famous artist, and the craftsmanship is not much worse than the real thing, and it is just as beautiful in the house. The granddaughter liked the way he looked in front of the window reflecting the morning light. ”

Mother Jia pointed at Jia Jiu and said to Aunt Xue: "Listen, listen, my old woman is worried that he will be fooled, but he uses such a bunch of words to prevaricate me." Could it be that I'm going to hurt him? ”

Aunt Xue didn't answer, so Jia Jiu smiled first: "The old lady is naturally good to her granddaughter. It's just that now the family is struggling, and it is a little bit to be able to save a little. Not to mention anything else, most of the girls in my house are new and naughty, if there are real antiques, if there is a bump and bump, then wouldn't it be a waste of things? Cong'er is young now, but the child grows up fast, maybe one day he will grow up and be able to play football in the house. If a pile of debris is swept out of the granddaughter's house, I am afraid that the father will be the first to feel uncomfortable. ”

Mother Jia was stunned, but Aunt Xue laughed: "The second girl is becoming more and more like a family member." ”

Jia Mu shook her head and said, "You, the daughter of the princess's mansion, when did you develop such a childish temper!" Our family is lacking things anymore, can we still lack your things? Anyway, since you came to cry poor, then I don't want you to go back empty-handed. Mandarin duck, find out the set of white agate dishes wrapped in silk and the jasper and bamboo bonsai, and turn around and let the second girl take it back, as well as the authentic handiwork of Yan Zhenqing in the old camphor wood box and let the child take it back. ”

Of course, Jia Mu was angry. The richer and richer the family, the more they pay attention to face, Jia Jiu doesn't care if the things in his house are genuine, he just needs to look good. But in Jia Mu's eyes, this is the appearance of not paying attention. What made Jia's mother feel even more embarrassed was that Aunt Xue was present! In Jia Mu's opinion. Jia Jiu's words had already embarrassed him in front of Aunt Xue.

In fact, Jia's mother is too careful, that is, Aunt Xue thinks that Jia Jiu's behavior is a bit petty, and people outside may not necessarily think that Jia Jiu's behavior is embarrassing. Originally, living within one's means is the way to run a family, whether it is to decorate the house with antiques or not, it must always be the same as the actual situation of the family. This is one of the basic requirements for a family to last. In addition, the lowest-class nouveau riche will put a pile of gold and silver things at home, and the high-class nouveau riche will insist that non-antique famous paintings are not displayed, and Jia Jiu's casual attitude is the real natural way.

It is not blindly pursuing the price of things, nor is it blindly pursuing the preciousness of utensils. It is not to blindly ask for non-antiques and authentic masterpieces. What the real family cares about is inheritance, inner wealth, not the price and geometry represented by these mundane things.

However, since Jia's mother wants to give him something, Jia Jiu will not refuse. After he thanked Jia's mother generously, he let Qingwen step forward and said, "Old lady, this is my granddaughter's new wine." Qingwen's arms are a little sweeter, and Xiaohong's arms are a little lighter. I don't know which one the old lady prefers. ”

Jia Mu listened. I was also interested, and hurriedly asked someone to get the cup.

An elderly person like Jia Mu naturally likes sweet things, and after tasting both flavors of wine, he said: "Well, I can't imagine that the second girl has a hand in winemaking." Especially this one, what is sweet in the mouth is much better than what you buy outside. Western wines always have an astringent taste. It's a pity. ”

Aunt Xue smiled: "Look at what the old lady said." Western wine is expensive because it comes from afar and is scarce. Only a very small number of families can eat it. If it weren't for this decency, the price wouldn't have been so high. ”

Jia Mu shook her head. said: "It's just that there aren't many people in the Central Plains who can brew this." In fact, to put it bluntly, he is the same thing as sherbet. If he wasn't able to live his blood and nourish his beauty, who would have paid so much for him? He added: "Second girl, you brought this, in fact, you want to tell the old woman that you already know how to make this wine, so the family wants to change this purchase, right?" ”

Jia Jiu said with a smile: "My granddaughter's careful thinking still can't hide it from the old lady. ”

Jia Mu nodded and said, "Baoyu, do you like the wine made by your second sister or the Western wine outside?" ”

Jia Baoyu said: "Old lady, of course I like the wine made by my second sister." It's just that the second sister has so many things to do, and she has to make wine, will it be very hard? ”

Jia Jiu smiled: "Baoyu, you don't have to worry about this. Horizontal and vertical sacrifices to ancestors also use home-brewed wine. It's just to take advantage of the grape harvest season to make a little more wine, and it doesn't take a lot of effort. ”

Jia Baoyu said: "But aren't grapes very expensive? The second sister also said that the family is difficult, is it possible that the second sister has to spend a lot of money to buy grapes? ”

Jia Jiu smiled: "You don't have to worry about it. Our family originally had a Zhuangzi, and the mountains around the Zhuangzi were full of grapes. You don't need to spend money, as long as you give an order from below, let the boys on the Zhuangzi pick it, and transport it directly to the capital by boat, where will it cost a lot? All that was needed was a boat or two and a little manpower. ”

Jia Baoyu nodded and stopped talking.

Aunt Xue covered the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief and swallowed back what she was about to say. Aunt Xue, who was born in the Wang family, married into the Xue family, likes pomp and circumstance, and values face the same, thinks that Jia Jiu has really fallen into the eyes of money, and he does not have the style of his daughter Xue Baochai as Miss Gonghou.

He forgot that Miss Gonghou is reincarnated ability, but he can't rely on the word "pie" to be swayed.

Thinking of her own daughter, Aunt Xue remembered Jia Jiu, who had an injured face. Now his daughter is still hiding in the house every day, but Jia Jiu has washed her face and walked out into the sun generously. Aunt Xue had long forgotten how terrible Jia Jiu's face was before, and when Jia Jiu smeared a cactus on his face, how he avoided talking about it. At this moment, Aunt Xue was only thinking about how to get the Dao Sect elixir in Jia Jiu's hand.

After Mother Jia accepted the two bottles of wine, Aunt Xue finally spoke: "Old lady, when the second girl's face was hurt before, I was also worried, but now it seems that the second girl has recovered." Old lady, rejoice. ”

Mother Jia wiped Jia Baoyu's head and said, "Mrs. Aunt is very right. Before, I was also pinching a cold sweat, and I didn't dare to look at the face of the second girl, but now it seems that the second girl is indeed a blessed person. Listening to Yun Yatou and the third girl, the second girl's face was suppurated before, and she was often drenched in blood, and she also left a lot of blood holes on the second girl's face. Now it seems that except for a few small marks, it is not a big problem. It's a pity, the skin of the second girl is white, if you change the third girl and the cloud girl, I'm afraid that you won't be able to see it anymore. It's just that it's only a little bit now, and it's only troublesome in the future. If you don't maintain it well, I'm afraid it will always be like this. ”

Aunt Xue didn't want to listen to Mother Jia say this at all, so she immediately said: "I'm ashamed to say it, our baby girl is not good, I saw the doctor, this doctor said that it was going to be like this, and that doctor was going to say that, I don't know which one to believe." Now our baby girl is still lying in the house. I don't know what kind of elixir the second girl uses, can you let me see one or two? If I can make the baby girl better, I will reward her with a lot of money. ”

Jia Jiu smiled: "Look at what my aunt said, where do I have any elixir?" It's just that when I was injured that day, a Taoist chief happened to pass by, looked at my wounds, and pointed out a few words to me. As for the medicine I used, one was to mash the cactus to relieve the arsenic poison in the rouge, and the other was to prevent the wound from festering. Now I still use the ice muscle powder I got from the last time I beat the palace. ”

Aunt Xue said, "But I heard that the elder gave you a box of elixir......

Jia Jiu immediately said: "That's the medicine that invigorates blood and dispels blood stasis." Although the weather is hot in June, the humidity on the mountains is heavy. I've been on my knees for so long, and it's not good if I get left with the root of my illness. That's what the Taoist chief said when he gave me the medicine. None of us know why Sister Bao is like this, but we don't dare to come up with ideas to let Sister Bao use drugs indiscriminately. "The medicine obtained from the Daomen, Jia Jiu will not give it to others for no reason, especially Xue Baochai, a guy who does not pay for his life and harms others and himself. Even if you give it to him now, he won't let go of himself when he needs a stepping stone in the future, so why bother giving him the opportunity to use himself as a stepping stone?

Mother Jia said: "Mrs. Auntie, is it possible that the illness of the girl is very serious?" What is wrong with him that he doesn't even come to me? ”

When Aunt Xue heard this, the tears immediately fell. He snorted and tearfully told Jia Mu about Xue Baochai's tragic situation.

Mother Jia heard that Xue Baochai's body was full of red spots, and she couldn't tell what was wrong with Xue Baochai, so she had to say: "Mrs. Auntie, there is a sentence that the second girl said is right, it is not a good thing to use medicine indiscriminately without knowing the reason, if the baby girl has suppuration on her face or body, we may be able to use the method of the second girl." After all, this is what the second girl has personally used and can be trusted. ”

Aunt Xue also had no idea. Because Xue Baochai's body did not have suppuration at all, only red spots one by one.

After hesitating for a while, he heard Aunt Xue say, "Since this is the case, I don't know if there are cacti in the house?" I want Bao Ya to try this first. ”

Jia Jiu said: "Since Sister Bao is in urgent need, then I will ask the girls to pick ten pieces and send them to Sister Bao." Speaking of which, this cactus is still the trophy of the ancestors, but it's a pity that the second aunt doesn't like it, he shoveled all the cacti in the back garden when he was in charge, and only those in my yard remained. Since Sister Bao is covered with red spots all over her body, I'm afraid that the cactus leaning against the root of the wall is not enough, so it's better to find out who has a cactus. ”

Aunt Xue thanked her repeatedly.

Xue Baochai has been lying in the house for so many days, but his body has not improved, he is anxious. Since his son is useless, he can only rely on Xue Baochai. If Xue Baochai is disfigured like this, wouldn't it be heaven to destroy the Xue family? (To be continued......)